Hand duster



April 17,1928. '1,666,076

R. W. AJACKSON HAND DUSTER Filed June 4, 1927 Patented Apr.17, i92a' u NA-ii'iieanf s ROYAL W. ,'Jecxsoni, or QUINCY, ILLINOIS.,fSS-@ EN 1 A, .A ILLINOISrA hand dusters or mops,

cipal object to provide a simple and eco- HAND nusrniar.l

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Application inea Junea, 1927. .serial No. 196,437.

This invention relates to improvements'in and has for lts prinnomical device of the character indicated. Other objects will appear from time to time as the .description proceeds.

The invention further consists in a method of manufacture wherebythe article may be produced at low cost. i

The invention may best be understood by reference to the kaccompanying drawing which illustrates one form in which thefin- Y vention may be embodied. In the drawings,

Figure l isy aview showing one s'ideof the hand lduster, but with" parts of the covering material omitted.

Figure 2 is a sectionalview taken on line v2 2 of Figure Vl...

VFigure 8 is a vsectional viewy on line 3- 3 of Figure l, showing the manner in which the i yarn may .be applied.

In ythe embodiment illustrated, the hand duster comprises an envelope or body portion l0 made up of a continuous piece of fabric l1, orsimilar material and open lat both ends. In the preferred form shown, a single piece -of fabric is used, with opposite terminal edges 22-22 sewed together along one sidev vof the envelope. A plurality ofrows 12--12 .of long strands of yarnmaterial are secured Y to the outer surface of the' envelope, ar-

ranged so as to present a mop-.like rubbing surface extending over the entire envelope.

' These rows are preferably arranged to. ex-

, lope, and bypreference substantiallythe mid- ,j

be described.

Intermediate 4the open ends of the envedle thereof,I provide a plurality of connecting members l5'-15 extending through thek envelope, at spaced intervals to form aperv,tures for receiving the fingers ofthe hand.

many variations as methods of manufacture may be employed without departing yduster comprising Aanopen ended" In the form shown, four of such connecting members are shown gers and thumb.

effective to maintain the envelope in substanto accommodate the `in- Thelmembers' 15-15 are.:

tially flattened form, to readily receive-the hand from either end orwith the palm facing in either direction, being such as to be 'effect-ive in of the hand just suggested. e

In the preferred form illustrated, the con.- necting members 15-15 are formed of a single lacing member 414: suitably threaded through andabout the envelope, and having free'ends 163-16 extendinginposition to be tiedtogether for adjustment of the mop tov A Y `The lacings preferably j f lie between two adjacent rows 12-12 of w various sized hands. f

yarn-like material arranged parallel thereto ,Y m

as hasbeen described'. Various ,.-meansiof threading the lacing member lmayr be em? the mop-like surface all positions i co ployed,'as for instance, the two center conloop, asV shown. thus be adjusted by necting members may be formed of la double The .lacing member may tightening or loosening j' the'ends 16a-16 thereof, thereby changing as desired, the enclosedl area of the central por-- tion of the envelope inwhich the `fingers are `litted,'-as is best shown in Figure 3.

Altliough I- have described one specified Vform in whichniy 'invention may be embodied, and a preferred method of manufac-` i turing the same, it will be understood that to structure, materials,` or

from the spirit and 'scope of my invention. understood that the to the illustrative closed, excepting lin following claims'. l l I claim as myy invention: i

sofar vasy defined in the Therefore, it'should be invention lis not limitedV Y form hereinbeforer disg a L vl. As a new article of manufacture, a hand i y formed of a continuous Vpiece of flexible material having rubbing material attached to op-posite sidesthereof, and aline of lacings connecting opposite sides' of said envelope at j a plurality of points across the central portion thereofv to form .openings 'for'thefinge'lg oftliehanp'd,k .v

envelope 2. As anew article of manufacture, a hand 'i i duste-r comprising an open ended envelope rubbing` material to form a plurality of formed of a continuous piece of flexible ma.- openings for the ngers of the hand, ysal-id 10, i terial having rows of strands of rubbing malacngs being adjustable to afford different Y terial extending in continuous lines about sizesof finger openings. e y

` 5 both sides o lsaid envelope, 'and a line of Signed at Quincy, 111., this 3l day of May,

lacing connecting opposite sides of said en- 1927. velope across the central portion thereof and intermediate adjaeent 'rows of strands of t ROYAL W'. JACKSON, 

